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Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

2019

Eva Orner

Documentary

5.7

964

Documentary Tracing from his rise in the 1970s to his disgrace in accusations of rape and sexual harassment in more recent years.

	Author	Review
United States	Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"A necessary watch in the #MeToo era (...) Piecing together news clips, social media video posts and insider footage from his packed yoga classes, Orner juxtaposes Bikram’s narration with that of his victims."	POS
United States	Sara Stewart New York Post	"Orner’s documentary takes some satisfying turns"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"As a cinematic achievement, 'Bikram' is fairly tame; as a mass-media call to action, it’s an essential movie of the moment."	NEU
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"[It] is more than an indictment of a man. Orner cross-examines the community that protected a bully for four decades (...)[She] structures her doc so that if you, too, believe him, you’ll understand how easily his fans fell in line."	POS
United States	Brenden Gallagher The Daily Dot	"While it is important for people to know this story, the filmmaking often feels like it is presenting evidence or a journalistic report (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"It's an especially effective look at how such abuses have been allowed to fester"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"[It] is more effective when looking at it from the collective perspective of his followers (...) It doesn’t say much about abusive charlatans, their enablers, and their victims, that we don’t already know (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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